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Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms

As Kalshi and Polymarket dodge state regulations, prediction markets are upping the ante on next month’s elections.

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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says

A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Va.

Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight

In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.

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Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall

Natasha Lennard

Chilling Dissent

Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town

A United States Army soldier from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, climbs over a high wall during a patrol in the volatile Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar City, Saturday, July 10, 2010.

The 9/11 Wars

He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.

FAYETTEVILLE, AR - APRIL 11: Old Main building tower reflected in a window on the campus of the University of Arkansas on April 11, 2007 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Chilling Dissent

Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says

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Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms

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Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”

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President Donald Trump arrives at Ellington Airport in Houston, on August 27, 2026, ahead of a Republican National Committee fundraiser and a ceremony for the Artemis II astronauts at NASA Johnson Space Center. A man wears a red hat with the words ''Gulf of America'' embroidered on it. (Photo by Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”

Seth Stern, Clayton Weimers

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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop

Iran

A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.

The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War

The destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026.

U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury

A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026. Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on August 31 in retaliation for American strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first exchange of fire for a month in a war that has engulfed the region. Six months into the conflict, the two sides remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic strait shut and Washington persisting with a naval counter-blockade of Iran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /

Congress Failed Again to Stop Trump’s Iran War. This Group Is Trying Through the Courts.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise

Midterms

The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters

The Intercept Briefing

Demonstrators hold signs during a voting rights rally outside the US Capitol in Washington DC, US on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. The US Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the congressional midterms, in a rebuff to the Trump administration after some states started early voting and opponents warned late-breaking changes would inject chaos into the elections. Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg via Getty Images

They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.

Jessica Washington

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 03: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to members of the media as the Trump Cabinet briefs members of Congress on Iran at the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump administration Cabinet officials will be briefing all lawmakers in the House and Senate on U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

John Fetterman Is Fundraising on GOP Donor Email Lists

25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat

Justice

Justin Sneed is led out of a courtroom at the Oklahoma County District Court in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

Demonstrations against ICE and those who die in their hands are held in cities around the country. These signs are those of some of the victims. (Photo by John Whitney/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care

Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp

John Washington

ALVARADO, TEXAS - JANUARY 30: The Prarieland Detention Center is seen, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Alvarado. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest

War on Gaza

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.

A graffiti mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary 'NAZA'- which documents civilian deaths in Gaza, features testimonies from Israeli military personnel involved in targeting and remote killing mechanisms, and frame military operations as genocide - is altered in Ashdod, Israel, on September 16, 2026. Initially painted by an artist accusing the filmmakers of being 'traitors,' the text on the mural was subsequently modified by another artist to read 'heroes.'

The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means

Séamus Malekafzali

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Recording artist Pink speaks on stage during the celebration of the launch of UNICEF Kid Power on November 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic)

Pink Supported Macklemore’s Firing. Now Activists Want UNICEF to Cut Ties With Her.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrives before an NFL football owners meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, in Atlanta.

Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.

Unmasking ICE

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: ICE agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centeron May 26, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will look to defend her immigration enforcement and make the case to end the DHS shutdown in front of a combative audience before hearings in both chambers. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Chilling Dissent

Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”

The Intercept Briefing

FORTH WORTH, TEXAS - JULY 1: A sign that reads FREE THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS is taped to a post outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Two judges sentenced seven defendants in the Prairieland Detention Center attack in the federal court Wednesday. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison

Adam Federman, Sara Van Horn

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 14: Ed Sheeran performs during iHeartRadio KISS108's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented By Capital One at TD Garden on December 14, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for for iHeartRadio)

Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity

Natasha Lennard

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 29: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hold a short rally after marching around the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in the West Lawn of Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City. Demonstrators marched at Columbia University as a 2 P.M. deadline to clear the encampment given to students by the university passed. Columbia was the first elite college to erect an encampment in support of Palestine, with students demanding that the school divest from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war, in which more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones

Meghnad Bose, Macy Hanzlik-Barend